Dorchester

Baptisms St Peters Church 1730 - 1770

Note:- The original listing of baptisms completed in 2009 was not a full transcription but a name index sourced from the Church of Latter Day Saints International Genealogical Index - The original Film Number from which these entries were taken was 1279495 and relates to the Bishops Transcripts held at Blandford which still need to be checked for those years where the original parish registers have not survived e.g. 1732-1734 inc. Neither the Bishops Transcripts nor the original Parish Registers appear to have survived for the years 1735 and 1736.

NOTE:- December 2011 - The File was checked against the original Parish Registers, additional information added where possible, Jan/Mar entries have also been returned to their correct position at the end of the year prior to 1752 and (PR) inserted against the entry to show it has been checked against the Parish Register.

04 Jan 1760 - James Fendal son of Mr. John & Grace HAWKEENS [i.e.HAWKINS] baptised (PR)
[Note:- Revd James Fendal (Findal) HAWKINS DD (1760-1837) was the son of Mr. John HAWKINS of Dorchester by his wife Grace and baptised at St Peters Church Dorchester on 4th January 1760. He was initially educated at the Free School in Dorchester under the Rev. Hubbock MA.(1712-1781) - Master there (1749-1781) - and then at Trinity College Cambridge where he matriculated on 26th Feb 1791 at the age of 30. Church of England records show that he was ordained a deacon at Hanover Square in the parish of St George on 25th Jan 1792; although the alumni suggests that it was at Peterborough and also ordained a priest the same year. In any event he was appointed Rector of Buckhorn Weston on 4th Feb 1792. The Cambridge Alumnui also states that he was kept at Trinity for 7 terms and admitted to Queens College 29th May 1795 where he was awarded a Doctor of Divinity. Pigots directory for Wincanton Somerset shows him resident at Church Street Hadspen House in 1830 The alumni refers to his death in 1837. - He married on 27th Aug 1792 at St Johns the Baptist church in Croydon to Frances SHARPE but she died and was buried at Holy Trinity church Dorchester on 8th April 1798]
04 Jan 1760 - Jane daughter of John & Elizabeth DOWLE baptised (PR)
12 Jan 1760 - Thomas son of John & Ann SMYTH baptised (PR) [Note:- Buried Holy Trinity Dorchester 16 June 1760]
08 Mar 1760 - Susannah Clarke baseborn daughter of Elizabeth PIDDING baptised (PR) [Note Clarke may be the surname of the father?]
21 Mar 1760 - Lucy Radigan daughter of Mr. William & Mrs. Ann TEMPLEMAN baptised (PR)
22 Mar 1760 - David son of John & Elizabeth VIVIAN baptised (PR)

06 Jul 1770 - Elizabeth daughter of John & Barbara KATES baptised (PR) [Note:- A John KEATS married a Barbar BARTLETT in St peters church on 25 July 1767]
18 July 1770 - Ann daughter of Peter & Mary STICKLAND baptised (PR)
19 Jul 1770 - Lucy daughter of James & Jane HAZARD baptised (PR)
21 Sep 1770 - Stephen Perrot son of William & Elizabeth BRYER baptised (PR)
21 Nov 1770 - Welhelmina Susannah daughter of Thomas & Catherine FORBES of the Queen's Dragoons baptised (PR) [Note a Thomas FORBES married a Catherine Foulle on 21 Aug 1766 at All Hallows Church London Wall London. Forbes is not a local name and he appears to have been a soldier stationed at Fordington Barracks]